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Fifteen years of experience and some research has convinced me that effective coaching is a key ingredient in any church planting movement.

One of the best resources for coaches is Simply Coaching by Tom Wymore. I met Tom at the Church Multiplication training with Ralph Moore in Hawaii. He’s a great guy and a good coach.

The [...]

You’ll reproduce what you are.

Wayne CordeiroHere’s the link to the plenary sessions of the 2007 National New Church Conference.

My favourite is Wayne Cordeiro who goes after the heart of a church planter. In addition you can listen to Ed Stetzer, Dave Ferguson, and Bill Hybels.

They’re already taking registrations for Exponential 2008.

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Greetings from Malmö, Sweden. A beautiful city just across the water from Copenhagen.

I’ve been here for Pionjär (Pioneer), a Swedish church planting conference. This morning I spoke at the Immanuelskyrkan on “Is this as good as it gets?”

I think this is my life message. You can listen in and download if you don’t mind a [...]

There has been a big demand for the Startup Guide to Coaching Leaders. Thanks for all the encouraging feedback. Thanks also for the spotting some typos. My hard working blogmeister has uploaded a corrected edition.

I’m planning to release more ebooks. Happy to take suggestions for topics via the Comments section below.

Finally, a great book to [...]

The fourth characteristic of dynamic movements: Rapid Mobilization.mp3.

Who killed the encyclopedia salesman?

Dynamic movements are willing to change everything about themselves in the pursuit of their mission—except their core beliefs and convictions.

The fifth characteristic of dynamic movements: Adaptive Methods.mp3

As I never tire of telling my kids — life IS relationships.

The third characteristic of dynamic movements: Contagious Relationships.mp3.

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Jay Lorenzen from OnMovements interviewed me recently for a podcast.

Podcast: Interview with Steve Addison

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The latest addition to the WorldChanger’s Library: How the West was won: Methodists and Baptists on the American Frontier.

Plenty of lessons for students of church planting movements.

Happy Australia Day!

Forecast: 40ºC (105ºF) in Melbourne.

Australia v Sri Lanka in the cricket. Australian Open Tennis finals. I’ll be cranking up the aircon and staying indoors. Unless Michelle has [...]

In 1771 there were just 300 Methodists in the American colonies led by four ministers. By the time of Francis Asbury’s death in 1816, Methodism could claim 2,000 ministers and over 200,000 members in a well-coordinated movement.
This is the second in a series of case studies through the movement lifecycle. The first was on St [...]